Receiver and receiving method

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a receiver and a receiving method. The receiver comprises: a branch forming unit a plurality of signal branches; each of the signal branches comprising a joint processing unit; and the joint processing unit being used to eliminate an inter-carrier interference of the subcarrier signal in a present signal branch and the subcarrier signals in other signal branches adjacent to the present signal branch. With the embodiments of the present invention, the inter-carrier interference may be eliminated and the performance of the system may be improved; and the sampling rate of the analog digital converter may also be lowered.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A receiver, comprising:
 a coupler, configured to divide a signal from a transmitter into multiple branches of subcarrier signals; and 
 a plurality of signal branches, each of the signal branches comprising a joint processing unit, the joint processing unit being used to eliminate an inter-carrier interference of the subcarrier signal in a present signal branch and the subcarrier signals in other signal branches adjacent to the present signal branch; 
 wherein the joint processing unit comprises:
 a plurality of filters, each of the filters being used to filter the subcarrier signal in the present signal branch and the subcarrier signals in other signal branches adjacent to the present signal branch according to a filtering coefficient; and 
 an adder, configured to add up the output results of the plurality of filters. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The receiver according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the filters processes a plurality of consecutive sampling values of a subcarrier signal. 
     
     
       3. The receiver according to  claim 1 , wherein the signal branch further comprises:
 a coefficient updating unit, configured to update the filtering coefficient of each of the filters of the joint processing unit based on the subcarrier signal being eliminated the inter-carrier interference. 
 
     
     
       4. The receiver according to  claim 3 , wherein the coefficient updating unit comprises:
 a first calculator, configured to calculate a phase estimation value induced by a frequency offset of the subcarrier signal; 
 a second calculator, configured to calculate a phase estimation value induced by a phase noise of the subcarrier signal; 
 a first multiplier, configured to multiply a decision result of the subcarrier signal by an output result of the second calculator; 
 a second multiplier, configured to multiply an output result of the first multiplier by an output result of the first calculator; and 
 a coefficient updater, configured to update the filtering coefficient according to an output result of the second multiplier. 
 
     
     
       5. The receiver according to  claim 3 , wherein the coefficient updating unit further comprises:
 an updating controller, configured to control whether the coefficient updating unit updates the filtering coefficient of the filter. 
 
     
     
       6. The receiver according to  claim 1 , wherein the subcarrier signal in each of the signal branches is a single-polarization signal, or a dual-polarization signal. 
     
     
       7. A receiving method, in which a signal from a transmitter is divided into multiple branches of subcarrier signals, for each signal branch, the receiving method comprising:
 eliminating an inter-carrier interference of the subcarrier signal in a present signal branch and the subcarrier signals in other signal branches adjacent to the present signal branch; 
 wherein the eliminating an inter-carrier interference of the subcarrier signal in a present signal branch and the subcarrier signals in other signal branches adjacent to the present signal branch comprises: 
 filtering, by a plurality of filters, the subcarrier signal in the present signal branch and the subcarrier signals in other signal branches adjacent to the present signal branch; and 
 adding up the output results of the plurality of filters. 
 
     
     
       8. The receiving method according to  claim 7 , wherein each of the filters processes a plurality of consecutive sampling values of a subcarrier signal. 
     
     
       9. The receiving method according to  claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises:
 updating the filtering coefficient of each of the filters based on the subcarrier signal being eliminated the inter-carrier interference. 
 
     
     
       10. The receiving method according to  claim 9 , wherein the updating the filtering coefficient of the filter comprises:
 calculating, by a first calculator, a phase estimation value induced by a frequency offset of the subcarrier signal; 
 calculating, by a second calculator, a phase estimation value induced by a phase noise of the subcarrier signal; 
 multiplying, by a first multiplier, an estimation result of the subcarrier signal by an output result of the second calculator; 
 multiplying, by a second multiplier, an output result of the first multiplier by an output result of the first calculator; and 
 updating the filtering coefficient according to the output result of the second multiplier. 
 
     
     
       11. The receiving method according to  claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:
 controlling whether to update the filtering coefficient of the filter. 
 
     
     
       12. The receiving method according to  claim 7 , wherein the subcarrier signal in each of the signal branches is a single-polarization signal, or a dual-polarization signal.